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D. UNTHANK.

Portable Fence.

Patented Jan. 8, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, DANIEL UNTHANK, o f Spiceland, in the county of Henry, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and improved Portable Fence; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specificaticm in which-- Figure '3. is a side sectional View of my invcntion=taken in the line m 2:, fig. 2. m Figure 2, a plan or top view of the same. 7

Figure 3, a transverse vertical section of the same taken in the line 2: x, fig. 1.

Figure 4, a transverse vertical section of the same taken in the line 3 3 fig. 1.

Figure 5, a horizontal section oi a portion of the same taken in the line y y, fig. 1.

Figure 5, a detached side view of a key or support pertaining to the same.

Figure 7, a transverse section of the top bar of a panel taken in the line 2 z, fig. 7.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. 1

This invention relates to a new and improved fence, of that class which admits of being readily put up and taken down, and are commonly termed portable fences. The invention consists in constructing the fence in such a manner that it not only may be erected or put up with the greatest facility, but also be firmly secured in position. when erected, and capable of being adjusted to suit the unevenness of the ground on which it may be placed; and also capable of having angles or corners formed without any difliculty whatever, and admitting of the use of any panel as bars to allow wagons or carts to pass into and out from a field. i

The posts of the fence are composed of two upright bars A A, connected at a suitable distance apart by horizontal pins B. These posts are not sunk in the earth, but simply rest thereon, or upon fiat stones placed at proper points for that purpose. The posts are retained in properposition by braces G, and by the bars D. The braces G are secured at their upper ends to the posts or bars A A, by pins a, on which they are allowed to turn freely, the braces C projecting from opposite sides of the posts, and bevelled or sharpened at their lower ends, so that they may catch into the ground, as shown in figs. 3 and 4. The securing of these braces to the posts by pins admits of their being adjusted to the unevenness of the ground, if the fence be erected on such, and in case of the fence being erected on ground very much inclined in a direction lengthwise of the fence, braces E may be attached to the post to support the same in a direction at right angles to the braces C, (see fig- 1.) Besides the braces G and E, the posts are also supported by the bars D. The upper bars D are halved at their ends, as shown at 5, fig. 2, so that they may be fitted together with a lap without increasing the thickness at the joints, and these lapped ends arc'fitted between the two bars or posts A A of the fence, and are notched at their under sides to receive the upper pins B, as shown in fig. 1. The second row of bars D from the top may be but half the width or thickness of the top bars, and simply lapped at their ends without being halved, and notched at their under sides to receive the second row of pins D, (see fig. The lowerbars D may be of the same thickness as the upper ones, but instead of being halved together at their ends, they are notched at their under sides, and those of every alternate panel fitted on the lower pins 13, while those of the intermediate panels are notched at their upper sides to receive pins B. The bars D oi" the intermediate panels, which are notched at their upper sides, have the ends of bars D in the alternate panels resting upon them, as shown in fig. 1, and these bars D, in case of the fence being erected on inclined ground, may be notched at their ends, as shown at a, so that they may be retained in position, and any one of the intermediate panels may be used as an entrance or passage way, by inserting blocks F between the bars D and the bars D below them, so that the bars D may be supported, and the lower bars D of the intermediate panels removed or taken out from the posts by removing the pins 13. .The upper bars .D of the alternate panels of course require no supports, as they rest upon the pins 13. In forming angles at the corner of a field, the bars D which form one side of the angle, are notched at their under sides near ohe end, one-end to iit over the upper edges/of the bars which form the other side of the angle, and a vertical strip, a*, is attached to the bars on which the notched bars are fitted, to prevent, in connection with the end posts AA, any lateral movement of the notched bars, (see figs. 1, 2, and 7.) This mode of construction reudcrs'the fence extremely firm and durable, and admits of its being inclined to conform to the irregularities or unevenness of the ground on which it may be erected.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A portable fence having its posts formed of two upright bars orposts A A, connected by pins B B, in combination with the bracesfl E, either or both, and the notched bars D'D fittetl on the pins B B, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

' I also claim the bars D, in connection with the blocks or supports F between thebars D, and the bars D below them, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

I further claim-the supplemental vertical strips 01*, attached to the bars D, of the end panel at the angle of the fence, in combination with the notched bareD of the panel which forms .the other side of the angle, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

DANIEL UNTHANK.

Witnesses: I Tues. 000K,

JOSHUA MOFFITT- 

